Road Trip - West Texas

We just returned from a road trip out to west Texas.  It was another weekend of firsts for Abigail but it didn't come too easy. 

Friday morning Abby had a follow-up appointment with the Ear Doctor (Otolaryngologist, pronounce it really slow and you might get it) Friday morning bright and early.  Our friend Lindi is an Audiologist in the same office and she always helps us out.  She gave us some earplugs so Abby could go swimming.

Dr. Lindi and Abby

Waiting on the Doctor

Being silly

After the ENT appointment we headed over for Abigail's monthly blood draw.  I can't tell you how tough this little girl is.  She took it like a champ.

No more needles

Next, we headed to the pharmacy to get the medication for her liver.  We have to jump through hoops with insurance to get it every month and its a beating.

After the pharmacy trip we headed home to pack things up and pick up Grammy.  Grammy accompanied us and helped out with baby duty often.  Once we got home from the blood draw Abby had a huge fit.  She has a third tooth coming in and I think it was causing the problem.  We finally got out the door and five hours later we made it to Lubbock.  It made for a really long day.

In case we haven't already mentioned it a dozen times on this blog, we love Texas Tech!  We purchased a mini pack this year and headed out there to watch the opening game of football season.  Also, Abby's Uncle Ryan goes to school there now and it makes for a good excuse to visit. 

We ended up staying at the same hotel the team did which was cool.  We watched them go through some walk-throughs in the morning and it explained why we saw about 100 pizzas arriving when we checked in.

The hotel had an indoor pool so we took Abby to the pool for the first time.  She was much more interested in working on that new tooth than swimming but we got a kick out of it.  She did well in the water.

The weather was hot for Abigail's first Red Raider game.  Our seats were in the shade so it wasn't bad at all.  The first half of action was not that hot. We were losing to Texas State who isn't that good.  As the second quarter of the game got going the wind really began to pick up and a huge dust storm blew through.  That isn't uncommon in Lubbock but we went below the stands and watched the game on TV for a while.  We thought it was going to rain so we ended up leaving around halftime.  It didn't end up raining until way later that night but oh well.  We got her to bed at a decent hour and the Red Raiders came on strong in the second half.  Game number one for Abby will be considered a success.

 

Abigail did great in her carrier and we were surprised to see many more infants at the game.  Really, we thought we were the only idiots taking our child out to a really loud environment.  Abby had her earplugs in and didn't seem to mind the atmosphere.

After breakfast with a friend and stopping by the great-grandparents house, we finally made it back home safely.  The trip was hectic with a six month old but we managed to have a little fun. It was a trial run for another big game we'll go to later in the season and now we know what to expect.

Memaw Spurgin

Papaw Spurgin

Wreck 'em Tech!